How much do I know about Germany?
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Triggered by Ryan not reading the information given after the question is answered ;).
Was thinking the same. Yeah that was kinda frustrating.
Me too 😭 especially after the Museumsinsel question
Americans can’t read that well
Absolutely!!!! 😅
It's not the first time 😄 He's quite lazy when it comes to reading texts
"There's plenty more for me to learn"
Well, you can start with that by reading the explanations given after you answered a question 🙃
Petition for reupload of this video, reading the explanations
It was so painful watching him skipping the explainations.
would also help if he actually read the comments on his videos... I feel like he's also gotten a bit lazy on that in the past few weeks 😬
@@myeramimclerie7869 True. I think i've seen people commenting and explaining the "Ampel" on at least three or four Videos 😅
He is a talker, not a reader. He should read more ^^
We have 92 Islands! The three biggest Islands are Rügen, Usedom and Fehmann and are located in the Baltic Sea. Followed by Sylt, Föhr and Pellworm, the three biggest german islands in the North Sea. And they are really beautiful by the way :)
92 what? I thought it was like eight
Lived on Fehmarn for almost all my life, pretty boring to grow up there...
And since its a populqr tourist dedtination a 10 min round trip to pick up some bread turns into an hour, because of traffic and long lines at the register....
@@TheDaddyD10 I've been going on vacation to Fehmarn all my life and I do agree (as a tourist myself lol). However, the air is great and I have been horse riding there for 15 years (which may or may not have something to do with my enjoyment).
My little sister is currently living on Fehmarn, she has got a flat in a great location - her way to work is not intercepting touristy roads :D
Deutsche Inseln übelst lame
@@warmaschineee4698 Kommt drauf an, was du von den Inseln erwartest. Sylt ist wahrscheinlich mit Abstand die beliebteste Insel, wegen der vielfältigen Naturlandschaften auf so engem Raum und auf der anderen Seite der Partymeile.
Ansonsten ist Rügen definitiv auch sehr sehenswert, wenn man auf tolle Landschaften und Architektur steht. Die restlichen Inseln sind eher ein Ausflugsziel um die Natur zu genießen und einfach nur Ruhe zu finden. Wenn du eher darauf aus bist rund um die Uhr bespaßt zu werden, dann ist Mallorca wohl eher dein Reiseziel. 😄
I appreciate how you kept it real by posting this without learning the answers in advance 😂
He also didn’t read the informational text under the answers. So he didn’t really learn anything.
@@asmodon lol.
@@Michael_from_EU_Germany No they don’t. America is a country of over 300 million people who are all very diverse. The stereotype that all Americans are stupid is inaccurate, hurtful and quite frankly - stupid
@@Michael_from_EU_Germany Americans... you don't need education when you have guns AND no education.
Bonn was the official capital of Germany until 1990, since then Berlin has been the capital of Germany. The seat of government also moved from Bonn to Berlin. However, some ministries are still located in Bonn. That is why Bonn is also called the federal city and Berlin the federal capital.
The Museum Island is an island in the river Spree, which houses several museums. By the way, Germany has a lot of islands. Most in the North Sea, some also in the Baltic Sea.
There were two official German capitals until 1990... One of them was Berlin. Which simply continued to be capital after reunification.
@@myeramimclerie7869 Naturally there were...there were two Germany until 1990 so there were two German capitals. Bonn was the "Regierungssitz" of the FRG (BRD) and East-Berlin was the capital of the GDR (DDR).
The seat of government moved from Bonn to Berlin in 1999. Bonn was the seat from 1949 to 1999 then.
It was choosen after the war because it was relatively less destroyed (and Adenauer lived nearby).
@@Moritz19081980 of course. It's just that in his comment, Mr. Schroer let it seem like there was never a devided Germany (or only "one true" Germany which is equally bs), so I pointed out that he might have forgotten about the second capital...
there is some truth in the comments but not entirely: Bonn was the capital - only of the Westgerman state from 1949 to 1990. With the unification 1990 Berlin became capital of the entire Germany again, but the practical moving of the goverment and administration took place in 1999.
Just a little hint for the pronounciation of "i" & "e" combinations in German. As an English speaker, just look to the second letter of the combination: If it is spelled "ie", you pronounce it like the english "e". If it's spelled "ei", pronounce it like the english "i". It's that simple ;)
Yes, too painful to hear him speak like that.
@@azzteke it isn't
As a German I love hearing those tricks from ppl learning German as a second language! I never would habe noticed that myself!
In Germany when "e" and "i" are walking the latter does the talking.
The easier hint: 'ie' and 'ei' in English are pronounced exactly the other way around than in German.
That probably confuses the English speakers.
There are so many islands in germany you'd be surprised. Watch a Video about Rügen, Sylt, Usedom or in general the "Ostfriesische Inseln". Would love to see your reaction 💪🏻
Norderney
We should also mention lake islands like Mainau, Reichenau etc., because just thinking about sea islands misled him further.
The Museumsinsel is formed by the Spree river and the Spree channel, the later basically part of an old fortification. A piece of land surrounded by water, of course not a "high sea island".
Its only 3 maybe
Lummerland. ;D
In Berlin we have a place called Museumsinsel (museum island) its named that way because its sorrounded by the river Spree. Its Europes most famous museum complex and is titled a "World Heritage Site" by UNESCO. There is plenty going on there beyond museums.
Also Bonn used to be the capital city of Germany before Berlin got selected
Woche means week, not work. Example for Brückentag: Thursday is a holiday. Many will then also take Friday off so that they can have, what amounts to, an extended weekend. The Brückentag (Bridgeday) bridges the public holiday with the workfree weekend by taking that one day between the two off as well.
We call that "Fenstertag" in Austria
Im Ialienischen spricht man von "ponte", was übersetzt "Brücke" heisst. In Südtirol sind alle drei Begriffe, d.h. sowohl "Brückentag", "Fenstertag" als auch "ponte" geläufig.
In Sweden and Norway they are "squeeze days".
@@kathilisi3019 Our company even demands that we take these days as vacation.
@@kathilisi3019 The same in Bavaria
i am not unsubscribing. For me it is super entertaining to see you learn about my country and for a couple of minutes to see it through a foreigners eyes. It gives me perspective (and tbh i didn't know all of the answers either :D so no shame in that)
10:30 for the "Brückentag", it's basically our word for "we are bridging the gap between X and Y"
we have quite a few public holiday's on Thursdays. And then the Friday is a normal work day, so we "bridge" it with taking a day off (paid leave etc).
This means that we get a consecutive 4 days off, with just 1 day of paid leave being used up.
and about the "german tradition": I mean... well.. they calculate and share calendars with the dates marked, when to take a day off to get the most days off in total... so yes. I think one can consider it an tradition. :D
In Schulen ist es ja inzwischen sogar verpflichtend Brückentage frei zu geben
Nicht in Bayern,leider.@@schwammi
The government coalition names (mostly) come from the colours of the different parties for example "Ampel" means traffic light in German and the coalition's colours are red yellow and green. The country name ones just are the same colours like in the flag of that country
Actually "Ampel" is a small bottle or oil container, which was often used for hanging lights. Later it was also used for hanging baskets that contain soil and flowers.
@@shinyhappyrem8728 what? I didn't know I don't speak German IAM German
@@Zerberus749 no, we all just learned that only the original meaning of a word matters, even though new things can have the same name because they derived from that word origin
@@buciallstar I know the other meanings of " Ampel" but saying "actually..." Seems like the person wanted to say, that traffic light was wrong
@@shinyhappyrem8728 "Ampel" is anything that is hung up, as Blumenampel, Lichtampel... and the traffic lights originally were not mounted on a post but actually hung to a rope above the streets, as is often seen for example in America today.
Don't be sad. We're here with you to learn more about Germany.
We will support u with likes 👍👍👍👍to motivate you more to continue such German tests.
i admit these are absolutely no easy questions for foreigners
Honestly they are also not easy for germans xD
@@Blutwind I got them all correct :D
(Although some I did not know why and the Biedermeier thing was more logic regarding how we title stuff in German)
10:28 of course one needs a word for that :) In sweden we call it “klämdag” literally translates to “squeeze day” because it’s squeezed in between two holidays
We don't use it like that, but in German, that would translate to "Klemmtag". It's always funny how these random words turn out to be the same in Swedish.
It's always fun to be able to understand a good chunk of languages you don't even speak just because they're related. 😅
Watched a Norwegian movie recently. I was genuinely shocked about how much I understood with Norwegian subtitles (just audio was difficult because I don't know the pronunciation rules, but the written really helped)
I also had similar experiences with Swedish and Dutch. (Once a Dutch and I made a little experiment: he didn't speak German, I didn't speak Dutch, but we decided to have a conversation. I would write in German, he tried to guess what it meant and replied in Dutch, to which I replied in German. Afterwards we'd talk about it in English. We found out we actually had a proper conversation going. 🤣)
cute! :D Kläm like "klemmen" in german :D
Don't worry too much Ryan, a lot of this wasn't really possible without proper knowledge of language, history or geography. So it's fine. You made the best out of the knowledge you had and your answers weren't a bad choice at all 😉
Some of these were really hard, i am impressed, that you tried to derive the meanings of some words. But next time, you should probably read the description at the end like you did for the last question... there were a few things in there that answered your immediate questions when you got a question wrong ;)
The Museums island in berlin is a river Island in the river Spree that runs through berlin. (just because it's not super big, doesn't mean it isn't an island ;) It has most of Berlins museums on it
... it has some of the most important museums of Berlin on it.
As far as I know Stuttgart only applied to be the new German capital after WWII, but never actually was the capital. What am I missing?
It's the capital of a federal state...Baden-Würtemberg, but you're right, it was never the capital of Germany.
‘Stuttgart, incredibly enough, served as the capital for one week in 1919, when the government fled there following the Kapp Putsch by right wing forces.’ That’s the information they give on i. Doesn’t sound like it ever was the official capital though
It is an error in the quiz.
The third city was Frankfurt.
The Nationalversammlung was in the Paulskirche from 1848 to 1849.
@@marchurnik no, there is no mistake!
The Question was, 'which one was never(!) the capital of....? ".
If you would have asked for how many German capitals there have been, to know all of them (or just the number, I guess 😉) would have been important.
Another thing about that question irritated me more.
It asked for the German nation, rather than state.
That means also the capitals different German Nations would have had before (!) the one singular (later two) German state had.
Like the "Norddeutsche Bund", the "Heiliges Römische Reich deutscher Nation" and so on.
But since it was multiple choice the right answer was limited.
In 1045 the german government fled from Berlin...
"Versuch macht klug"
- German proverb -
(literal) translation:
"trying makes you smarter"
Fun-Fact: Franconia is a part of northern Bavaria, which want to be a state of their own (mostly because they have their own dialect, food, and traditions AND before Napoleon rushed over Europe, it was a state (actually they were several states, like Ansbach, Würzburg, Bamberg, Nuremberg, and Bayreuth)
No sweat.... as germans would say, " kein Meister ist vom Himmel gefallen " . Enjoyed watching your reactions. Also,could please react to " The untold history of german americans"? Thank you.
Great to listen to your thoughts. Don't worry there is always room to improve knowledge.
About the Museum Island it's a region in Berlin where nearly all the Museum are gathered together (similar to Munich - German Museum is at an small island as well. Bonn has a Street where all Museum's are together.)
About the capital of Germany, to be honest Stuttgart was new to me too. Bonn was the Capital of Western Germany from 1949 till 1990.
I feel like this was a very hard quiz, though. Especially for a non-german speaker. Even I was unsure about a question here and I have lived my whole life in Germany, so don't be too discouraged!
In the heart of Berlin, nestled between the Spree and the Spree Canal, is the world-famous Museum Island. Every year millions of visitors come to visit the five museums on the Spreeinsel. The spectrum of the collections ranges from prehistory to art of the 19th century. Not only the collections themselves are worth seeing - the ensemble of historical buildings on the Museum Island is one of the most beautiful things Berlin has to offer.
So you can see. It's really an Island.
The bicycle was originally called after the inventor’s name: “Draisine”
"kehrwoche" translates to sweeping week and is pretty common in apartment buildings. if they don't have a cleaning service that keeps the hallways and stairs clean (and wich costs are proportionally added to the rent), then the tenants have to do the work and it's split up for one party of each floor for 1 week each. they then just have to clean the hallway on their floor plus the stairs down to the next floor. and they only have to do it once (or maybe twice in winter) when it's their turn (except you have shitty neighbors that complain about every crumb...). when it's my turn i always would do it towards the end of the week so the next in turn wouldn't have to clean to much.
German here and did not know question 1, either. The Biedermeier-Question - well, if you knew anything about the way how they dressed at the beginning of the 19th century - or had seen this painting from Spitzweg before and new that he was a Biedermeier-painter - maybe you could have guessed the correct answer.
And on the photo about the Museums in Berlin - there is a bridge visible ... was a hint.
That you did not know about the person who invented the Draisine (there are two meanings - one is a walking bike) isn't too shameful, but that you did not know who invented the Coffee filter - that is. Melitta Bentz, a woman from Dresden, experimented and finally found an easy solution to keep the coffee grounds out of her coffee. She got a patent for it 1908.
Would be a nice feature if you do and post a video chat with either one of us to discuss/review things like these. We could then explain and clarify a few details. On the other hand it seems most of us are German anyway... at least in the comment section.
Do this again. Do it with other quizzes about Germany. Was great to watch.
Don't be too mad with yourself. The questions were not too easy and even I, as a german, had to think at one or two of these...
Looking forward to your reaction on Werner - Fussballspiel 😉
"if he's calling him a genius, it has to be something big"
...like the dollarstore item of a pour-over coffee maker :'D
i really like your videos, your such a chill guy. would love to see a livestream of you
It's still big because it brought good coffee to every household and also it originally was ceramic, not plastic :)
The inventors were the Melitta family by the way :D
Don't be sad - some of these questions were really difficult, even for Germans 💝
I`m glad you posted this video, it was very interessting to hear your thoughts and expectations
Please read the longer answers after the questions, so you would learn more and understand, how that came to be, like the Brückentag.
Ryan, to my oppinion you are really brave to do this quiz. I guess, not even 75% of german people could have answered correctly. 👍🏻🤗
Oooooh, pour boy! 😘🤗But I think, this quiz was a bit difficult, maybe. Even germans don`t know every answer! 😂Don`t give up! 👍🍀Greetings from Germany, nearby Cologne. (♀)
yep the inventor with bicycle got me.. damn. 9/10 :(
Not maybe... it was very difficult. A foreigner can't know those questions honestly. As a german I had no idea of "Biedermeier". Greetings from Cologne
@@IMFLordVader Lasttime i heard someone say that word was the 80's deep in Bavaria, i think no one under age of 30 ever used that word. sinve we have the denglish vintage, or oldschool, or Asbach Uralt :D
@@Maramctc I'm close to 40 and never heared it...
@@IMFLordVader
enjoyed ur reaction alot. Thank u for saving my day, had a day off, bad weather nothing to do Gifhorn.
You did ok. However you should consider to read the explanation, that is listed right under each question when answer is given. That way, you will probably remember as you can put it in context :)
keep on making more german-related vids and in the next quiz you'll brilliantly suceed 😉
Why on Earth didn't you read the answers printed after every question? Btw, in German words (eg biedermeier) the letters ie are pronounced differently to ei.
It would have been cool to see you read the answers and explanations :)
Ryan: There is no Island in Germany
Germans crying on Sylt and Rügen (and the over 100 others)
Thanks for really entertaining me and making me laugh a lot out of joy :D
I really like your Videos almost all of them make happy in one way or another :P
greetings from Hannover, Germany...
I like how he askes his viewers in his videos to get impressions and then never ever reads the comments :))
@@Michael_from_EU_Germany hat verstanden. aber jeder kann ja seinen Channel führen wie er will.
This coffee filter system was invented by the German Melitta family by the way. Originally it was ceramic, not plastic :) It has an interesting history :)
It was so funny watching you making the quizz. I‘m German and I have never heard about „leider geil“ 🤔and I would say 90% of the German people couldn‘t answer the question about „Biedermeier“. 😉 Don‘t worry about your result.😀
Ich bin zwar Österreicher, aber ich weigere mich, zu glauben, dass 90% aller Deutscher so dumm sein können.
@@tubekulose Hallo Clemens, das freut mich wirklich sehr, dass Du meinen Landsleuten soviel Bildung zutraut. 😉 Ich fände das toll aber mir fehlt da doch ein bisschen der Glaube😉😄🙈
Oh my, the "Brückentag" cracked me up. As a german this is so normal that we use the "bridge day" between two days off to maximize the use of our holidays that "you have a word for it?" and "what? you combine days off?" really had me. Nice channel btw.
I live in Germany for 45 years and even I didn't know every answer.
Was hast du denn nicht gewusst? 😂
@@smoritz84 I would have guessed wrong on the Leider Geil question. :D
@@4Astaroth hah, me too, but the answer options are ambiguous, arent they?
@@4Astaroth Zur Strafe sofort das Gesamtwerk von Deichkind reinziehen, aber zack zack! 😎
@@olafgogmo5426 Oh Nein. Die Strafe ist zu hoch. :)
For your comment about "Brückentag" - I have something more for you! We have 25 days off work paid, every year. So we take a "Brückentag" between a national holiday and the weekend to save these days and get a extra long weekend. (just for information, I'm from Austria, we have more national holiday days than Germany has and we use them wisely). 😀
Don't feel too bad. I'm German and even I didn't know the correct answer to some of these questions. Never heard of Biedermeier for example. ^^ But I feel bad for the Mecklenburger among us XD
Biedermeier is the german version of the brittish Victorian age. A time where the typical "Meier"s (common germans) where realy "Bieder" (upright citizen - today wie would say Spießig in German).
Also ich hatte Biedermeier im Kunstunterricht 🙈
Correct pronunciation is
[ˈbiːdɐˌmaɪ̯ɐ]
"bead" a m I er
Timeperiod between 1815 - 1848.
Known for resurrection of the small countries of Germany after Napoleon and repression of democratic movements.
(Vormärz)
@@TsaGo_1912 Ich in Deutsch. 😊
Biedermeier is pretty much always covered in art and literature classes. You probably just forgot (or are still in school and haven't covered it yet).
Even I as a German didn't know that Stuttgart was once the German capital, even though it was just for like 1 week... Would have been easier if they had included Weimar as one of the options in this question (German capital from 1918 to 1933, Weimarer Republik)
Actually, Germany has 20 islands in the northern and in the eastern sea. The largest consists of 926 km( Rügen, popular for spending your holidays) and the smallest is just 5,9 km ( Hooge, which even I, as a German, had to look up 😁)
There are more, and Hooge is by far not the smallest. It is even the 2nd biggest out of the 10 Halligs (Halligen, I doubt there is an english word for this) in the north frisian wadden sea.
@@vyger5462 Thank you- there is always more to learn.
when the hallf of Berlin was occupied (you know 2 Germanies, Cold war and stuff) Bonn in the West was used as the cspital, because if was one of the mayor Cites in the west that wasnt completely destroyed by the Allies.
Bonn was the capital of Germany until recently, after reunification in 1990
wait. you had "Leider geil" correct. "Geil" means something like awesome. Leider means unfortunally. It's a youth slang from a few years ago and means pretty much that something is really cool.
Really cool, but also somewhat questionable.
trying to translate that doesnt work that well, since it can be used as "Im not proud of it, seing people fail and suffer is leider geil" or as "those cinnamon rolls i made are leider geil". Therefore both can be correct
I think it died out already^^
@@gbbgbb1856 I just thought about it and came back for that. It is both correct. That döner was leider geil... so my guilty pleasure. But it was also really lecker/cool.
@@gbbgbb1856 I use deepL Translator - way better: Leider geil Unfortunately awesome or Unfortunately cool
"there is no island in germany" *me, living on an island in germany*
I think this quiz is quite hard, as a german I could'nt answer all questions right.
The first one was really hard. I never knew about Stuttgart
@@caccioman Dito ...
In the first one I had to choose between München and Stuttgart (I choosed München).
But the other 9 were easy (with the exeption of the nickname for the Bundestag, because it depends from when the quiz was. This can change every election)
@@caccioman This with Stuttgart is kind of wrong
These are sometimes very specific questions that you don't necessarily need to know!
Ryan, it doesn`t matter! It's remarkable that you're so interested in Germany!
As a German: I would have failed horribly too!
Too on 2 or 3 Question
Definitely not
The Nickname Thing of the coalition depents on the Party Colors so SPD is red, CDU is black, FDP is yellow, and Die Grüne are green. Son depending on the Koalition ther are Colrs like Flags. So for Jamaica for Example it is Black (CDU) Yellow (FDP) Green (Die Grüne). At the Moment it is Ampel (Trafficlight) so Red (SPD) Yellow (FDP) Green (Die Grüne). There are 2 more Partys Linke (red) and AFD (blue).
The Partys are:
CDU / CSU - Christlich Demokratische Union Deutschlands - Christian Democratic Union of Germany (BLACK)
The Christian Democratic Union of Germany (CDU) was founded in 1945 as an interdenominational successor party to bourgeois, Christian-based and national liberal parties (Zentrumspartei, DDP, DVP and others). In terms of content, it is inclined toward Christian social doctrine as well as conservatism and liberalism, and thus covers a Christian-social and especially a liberal-conservative spectrum. In the course of reunification, the CDU (East) merged with the CDU on October 1, 1990. The CDU (East) was still compulsorily a GDR bloc party until 1989 and saw itself as a "party of socialism." The GDR bloc party DBD (Democratic Peasants' Party of Germany) also represented the SED line in essential points until 1989 and joined the CDU after reunification. With the exception of Bavaria, the CDU is represented throughout Germany. In its history, the CDU has provided five of the nine chancellors of the Federal Republic of Germany to date.
The Christian Social Union in Bavaria (CSU) has a more conservative orientation than the CDU, but in economic and social policy it is considered to be more socially oriented. The party only runs for election in Bavaria. In return, the CDU does not have its own state association there. It forms a parliamentary group with the CDU in the German Bundestag; together they are known as "the Union" or "Union parties. Currently, the CDU/CSU is the largest opposition faction in the Bundestag.
SPD - Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands - Social Democratic Party of Germany (RED)
The Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD), including its predecessor organizations, has existed since 1863 and is thus the oldest existing political party in Germany. It established the tradition of social democracy. After being banned during the National Socialist era, it was reestablished in 1945. Since its Godesberg Program of 1959, it no longer sees itself officially as a workers' party, but as a people's party that wants to be electable for broad sections of society. Its slogan is "Freedom, Justice and Solidarity. With Willy Brandt, Helmut Schmidt, Gerhard Schröder and Olaf Scholz, the SPD has so far provided four German chancellors. Together with Bündnis 90/Die Grünen and the Free Democratic Party (FDP), it forms the current coalition government of the Federal Republic of Germany, whose chancellor is Olaf Scholz.
FDP - Freie Demokratische Partei - Free Democratic Party (YELLOW)
The Free Democratic Party (FDP) was founded in 1948 and bases its self-image on the tradition of German liberalism, which had already organized itself in 1861 with the German Progress Party in Prussia as Germany's first political party in the sense understood today. The modern FDP stands for more freedom and responsibility for the individual and for greater restraint on the part of the state, especially in economic issues, but also in civil rights issues.
Before the reunification of Germany, the FDP united in 1990 with the LDPD (Liberal Democratic Party of Germany) and the NDPD (National Democratic Party of Germany of the GDR), which still acted politically as bloc parties alongside the Socialist Unity Party of Germany until 1989.
In the 2013 federal election, the FDP fell short of the five-percent hurdle in federal elections with 4.8 % and was thus no longer represented in the Bundestag for the first time in its history. However, the party has since been able to return to nine state parliaments and the European Parliament. In the 2017 federal election, it succeeded in re-entering the Bundestag. Together with the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) and Alliance 90/The Greens, the FDP forms the current coalition government of the Federal Republic of Germany, whose chancellor is Olaf Scholz (SPD).
Die Grünen - Bündnis 90 / Die Grünen - Alliance 90/The Greens (GREEN)
The Greens emerged as a nationwide party in 1980 from parts of the New Social Movements, for example the women's movement of the time, the peace movement and the ecology movement of the 1970s. In 1983, they entered the Bundestag for the first time. In 1990 they merged with the East German Greens and in 1993 with Bündnis 90 to form Bündnis 90/Die Grünen. One of the party's main substantive focuses is environmental protection. The party is also considered left-liberal and is inclined toward multiculturalism. They are more strongly represented in the western states. In 1985 they were involved in a state government for the first time (in Hesse) in a coalition with the SPD, then in many more states and finally, from 1998 to 2005, in the federal government. In recent years, there have also been several coalitions with the CDU at the state level. Together with the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) and the Free Democratic Party (FDP), the Greens form the current coalition government of the Federal Republic of Germany, whose chancellor is Olaf Scholz (SPD).
Die Linken - Die Linke is a left-wing, democratic-socialist party in Germany (RED)
The Left Party was formed on June 16, 2007, from the merger of the PDS (formerly the SED), which is more firmly rooted in East Germany, and the WASG, which has a West German orientation. The party aims to overcome capitalism and achieve democratic socialism. Some political scientists as well as representatives of other parties also classify the party as populist.In 2005, the WASG party was founded in protest against the policies of the Red-Green federal government, on the initiative of left-wing trade unionists and former SPD members critical of the government. For the 2005 federal election, the PDS opened its electoral lists to WASG candidates. For this reason, the PDS changed its name to Linkspartei.PDS. In terms of content, the Linkspartei.PDS invoked democratic-socialist ideals and claimed to cover the politically left democratic spectrum in Germany. The Left Party, members of the Left Party, and individual organizations within the party have been observed by the Office for the Protection of the Constitution (Verfassungsschutz) on several occasions in the past for left-wing extremist aspirations. In particular, the Communist Platform (KPF), a political association within the party, is considered by the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution to be left-wing extremist. Furthermore, anti-Semitic and anti-Zionist tendencies within the party have been discussed in the media on several occasions in recent years.
AFD - Alternative für Deutschland - Alternative for Germany (BLUE)
The Alternative for Germany (AfD) was founded on February 6, 2013, and held its first public meeting in Oberursel on March 11, 2013. In the 2013 federal election, the party initially achieved only a second-vote result of 4.7%, failing to clear the 5-percent hurdle. It was initially critical of the euro in particular and was therefore often described in the media as an "anti-euro party". It also advocated the return of EU powers to the member states, more direct democracy, and tax reform along the lines of Paul Kirchhof. In its early days, the party was mostly classified as conservative and economically liberal. However, certain political demands, formulations and members have increasingly been categorized as right-wing populist by observers and the media. Some political scientists have also identified right-wing extremist tendencies in parts or certain leaders of the AfD. In particular, Thuringian AfD politician Björn Höcke, a figurehead of the far-right wing, is accused of racist and nationalist views. The ousting of the previous party chairman Bernd Lucke in July 2015 was seen as a further shift to the right. Since then, various experts have also seen völkisch-nationalist and anti-Semitic tendencies in parts of the party. In May 2014, the party succeeded in entering the European Parliament. From that point on, it was able to win seats in subsequent state elections and was represented in all state parliaments in the meantime. In the 2017 federal election, the AfD entered the federal parliament for the first time as the third-strongest force with 12.6%. The main reason for its success was the so-called refugee crisis.
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1:20 You do realize Berlin was literally inside Eastern Bloc Soviet ally territory during the Cold War for like 30 years, right? :D That was not only when Berlin was logically NOT the capital of West Germany but also when Bonn, in fact, was.
2:45 Don't be hard on yourself. Most Germans don't even know what or where Meck-Pomm is and those who do are the 12 people that live there. Meck-Pomm is our Wyoming.
3:45 You were literally looking at it. The Museum is on an island in the river. Why do you think there are bridges in the picture? :D
5:20 Ryan doesn't read comments confirmed :D I've personally explained Ampel before and I've seen plenty of comments explaining it.
10:45 It truly makes me sad for Americans when the concept of taking a day off work is so alien that they struggle to comprehend.
Conclusion: some of these questions are a little hard but the easy ones you could have gotten cause we've literally watched videos on their subject together AND people explained them in the comments before.
But when was Stuttgart the capital of Germany? Munich and Stuttgart were capitals of their own kingdoms and stuff but never of the whole of Germany or am I wrong?
@@lfvgg that confused me as well
@@lfvgg I just read about the history of Stuttgart on Stuttgarts homepage, didn't find anything...just capital of the kingdom...
@@lfvgg okay, I went back and read the information they gave on this in the quiz. ‘Stuttgart, incredibly enough, served as the capital for one week in 1919, when the government fled there following the Kapp Putsch by right wing forces.’ To me, that doesn’t sound like it was the official capital
I mean, have you ever really see Ryan respond to a comment? I was always of the assumption he doesn't read them
We do that alot...take days of between hollyday and weekend.
I live in Bonn. You’re welcome to visit this beautiful city :)
1:24 When Germany was separated into sectors after WWII, Bonn was the capitol of West Germany (BRD) which was formed of the sectors of the US, french and british. Berlin was separated itself into sectors. The eastern russian sector was the capitol of East Germany (GDR). After the reunification Berlin was chosen for the capitol of Germany as is was before in the Empires and Weimar Republic.
Bonn still has a special title (role) as 'Bundesstadt' means federal city. A significant amount of ministries and institutions are still located there with their headquarters.
As mentioned in the video itself, Stuttgart was only considered capitol of Germany for a very short period of time when a coup happened in 1919 and the government established an exile location there. Anyways... Stuttgart was the capitol of the Kingdom of Württemberg (Part of German Empire) and is now capitol of the Federal State of Baden-Württemberg (1 of 16 federal states of Germany)
That's the same with Munich... Capitol of the Kingdom of Bavaria in the time of German Empire, now capitol of the socalled Free State of Bavaria, which is also 1 of 16 federal states of Germany.
Ärger dich nicht!😅 Auch viele Deutsche hätten nicht alle Fragen beantworten können. Aber ich freue mich immer wenn, du dich wunderst wie es in Deutschland zugeht. 🥴Warst du schon mal in Deutschland?🇩🇪
Viele Grüße ein dich kürzlich auf UA-cam entdeckter neuer Fan 🥳
Ne war er nicht
ein dich kürzlich auf UA-cam entdeckt habender Fan
@@lulaa123 Danke für die schnelle Antwort. Hat er denn mal geäußert nach Deutschland zu kommen? LG
"Leider geil" is directly translated "Sadly awsome" meaning something really shouldn't be this good, but it is. Guilty pleasure is a goof synonym but it feels like the connotation is slightly different. When people tell you something is a guilty pleasure it feels like an almost admission of guilt like, Yeah, i know I shouldn't enjoy it, but it is so good!!
While "Leider geil" is more a "Welp, that's it, i have no choice but to like this now. I did not excpect it to be awsome, it is, now I have to eat my words and love it."
between 1948 and 2000 Bonn was the capital of West Germany. Bonn is a little south of Cologne. West Berlin was not chosen because this city was an island in the GDR. However, East Berlin was the capital of the GDR (East Germany). After unification, all of Berlin once again became the capital of all of Germany.
Weimar was temporarily the capital before 1933 because the government did not feel safe in Berlin.
Franconia is a part of Bavaria. _frankly_ the non-bavarian part of the federal state of Bavaria. Franconia was the origin of the Franks but their importance dates back a long time. Thus the West Frankish Empire became France. But the East Frankish Empire (today German) fell apart. Today, traces can be found primarily in the language and place names: Frankfurt in Hessen. But never say to a Franconian that he is a Bavarian, that's an insult.
SPD red
FDP yellow
GREEN green, traffic light coalition
GroKo = große Koalition = big coalition (CDU, CSU, SPD)
Brückentag - bridge day. If Tuesday is a holiday and you don't have to work Sunday, then it's smart to take a holiday on Monday. Three days off but only one day is charged at work.
I've never heared about the fact that Stuttgart ever was the Capital. But I'm from Austria so the History lessons in school might be quite different....
About the pronunciation of "Biedermeier" there's a good memory hook:
when i and e (or e and i) together are walking,
the first one's silent, the second one's talking.
That means that the first letter is silent and the second letter is spoken. That is why "Biedermeier" is pronounced "Beedermyer" and "geil" is pronounced "gyl". An easy rule to follow when you read "ie" or "ei".
Honestly, I would not have had many of them correct either. Some of those questions are completely random and others I would’ve only known if I had specifically read about them. You didn’t let anyone down here, Ryan! It’s completely fine
For somebody who got his informations from YT videos you did a pretty god job. Keep it going ! I like to see your videos very much. *thumbsup* :)
I feel that Ryan's videos would be more entertaining if he actually learned something from the things he reacts to. Otherwise it's just kind of pointless.
@Ryan Wass bellow the answer choices are explinations about the right answer.
Sorry Ryan, you did so poorly on the test that I have to cancel my channel subscription. 😂
Seriously, as a German I knew most of it, but there were also questions where I stood like a cow in front of the station, so I had no idea either. (Museumsinsel? Never heard, must be far far away)
In the question of what Karl, Freiherr von Drais invented, I came only by association with his name Drais with the trolley (Draisine) and then on the bicycle.
Some questions could have been known with interest in Germany. The capitals Bonn (earlier) and Berlin (again) and the current ruling parties, and ther nick names, could have been known.
All new in TV use their nick names all the time.
That you know all our 16 federal states, cannot be expect, I either canot tell all your 50 states and their location on the map correctly,
but some. 😛
Hi, Ryan...
The Museum Island is a building ensemble consisting of five museums in the northern part of the Spree Island in the historic center of Berlin.
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to be fair, some of these are oddly specific, for example i have never heard anyone actually use the word biedermeier
I think Biedermeier is for specific artwork and especially furniture. If you do like antique stuff you may know this, but the normal guy wouldn't use this word or recognize this even if it hits them in the face...
maybe not used in real life, but Germans should definitely know that since we learn it (or at least mention it) in school in several subjects (German, History, Art). Ok, it isn't one of the important eras so it's easy to forget, and I totally understand how a foreigner wouldn't know this.
@@Michael_from_EU_Germany und wenn es gelehrt wird, heißt es nicht, dass es automatisch behalten wird. Und ich finde das überhaupt nicht verwunderlich, da diese Zeitperiode nicht so ausführlich behandelt wird wie einige andere in der deutschen Geschichte. Es wird auch nicht jeder über den Hereroaufstand Bescheid wissen oder das Geschlecht der Wittelsbacher kennen. Da hilft es auch nix von oben herab mit dem tadelnden Zeigefinger zu drohen. Ich habe mich als Jugendliche NIE für Geschichte interessiert, da es bei uns meist so abgelaufen ist, dass wir 20 Minuten über die gute alte Schulzeit meines Lehrers mit dem Vater eines meiner Mitschülers Anekdoten gehört haben, eine weitere Schülerin die Lederschuhe des Lehrers bewundert hat, diesem dann doch eingefallen ist, dass er unterrichten sollte, darum hat er uns 20 Minuten selbständig Quellenarbeit machen lassen und 5 Minuten blieben für eine unleserliche Faustskizze mit 15 Pfeilen und mindestens ebensovielen Daten und Abkürzungen.
Wer von selbst kein Interesse an Geschichte hat, steigt hier geistig nach 30 Sekunden aus...
Spannend ist, dass es genau dieser Lehrer später noch zum Schulleiter gebracht hat.
Was hab ich daraus gelernt: ich muss nicht unbedingt was können im bayerischen Schulsystem, um dort Karriere zu machen...
Hey Ryan, i really enjoy your videos! Keep going!
I'm german an even i didn't knew some things, try another test
What? This was so easy! Go back to school dummy.
The invention of the bicycle in Germany was really great. I love to go on beautiful bike tours in the nature in summer.😍
as a german this was like watching a game show on tv when you want to tell the person what the right answer is lol
If all Americans would be as nice as you, I would really not worry about the next elections...love your Videos!
The "Draisine" was the first "kind of" a bicycle!
Even at every Years end , in the tv news is segment about how much " Brückentage " bridge days will be in the next year !!
With the "bridge days" you can take more vacation days with the right planning, so that you effectively get more vacation days than you get from your employer.
Of course, this only works if you have a regular 5 "working days" week, like in Germany, with weekends off
with one exception between christmas and new year
the 24,dec and the 31,Dec. count as "half days" no matter how much vacation you take you must have "one day" left for this dates
Brückentag =bridge day.
A weekend, monday is a workday and tuedsday is free you will try and take monday off to have 4 consecutive days off.
If you have 2 free days it means you can get 9 days off with just using 3 days of your holiday budget.
In 2023 you can get 61 days off with just using 25 days of paid vacation
@@Michael_from_EU_Germany meine letzten 2 hat er gelesen und beantwortet. Zudem ist es ja meine Entscheidung mit was ich meine Zeit verbringen möchte.
The best way to really get to know a people is to learn their language. It's really easy these days via busuu or babbel. There are also great courses on youtube. A little tip: It is best to always learn German nouns with the article and the plural. Then nothing can go wrong, e.g. Apfel, der, Äpfel = apple
yes in europe if a holiday is on a tuesday or thursday it's common for employers to also give you the monday or friday off, making it a long weekend. the word bridge is the country's respective language is the common term for that day. one of the main reasons why we tend to get those days off is because employers already know many workers will just call in as a sick day and not show up, so they might as well just give it to everyone
That day is not free though, it still counts against the numbers of leave days that you can get per year. (At least that's how it is over here)
@@shinyhappyrem8728 yes its using up a paid leave day "a holiday."
Sick days are not limited per se.
@@shinyhappyrem8728 here it counts as vacation days
Ryan: There's no island in Germany.
Me, watching this at home on an island: Where am I then? 😳
11:20
Its a "Brückentag" (Brücke = Bridge, Tag = day)
because you "bridge" from on holiday to another.
When you want to connect two landmasses (holidays) ... built a bridge!
And to answer your question: Both would be equally close to the german language since both words are borrowed from Latin (Bonus and Exter) and mean pretty much the same.
A Brückentag is technically also a "Verbindungstag" (link-up/connection day), but can also be considered a bonus or an extra on top of the two public holidays.
Nice Video, you could react to the German Eurovision entries this year or eurovision content in general. It's in 3 months in really popular here
Sylt and Helgoland - 2 of the German islands lol, Kehrwoche = sweeping week = it's your turn to clean the stairs.
Fehmarn,Rügen , Hiddensee Pellworm usw. Also es gibt schon ein paar Inseln
Or Rügen, the largest island of Germany.
I love how you get to the correct answer because you thought woche sounds like work when "kehr" is the part of the word that implicates chores. "Kehren" essentially means to mop or to sweep the floor. "Woche" means week. In rentals, the stairwell usually gets cleaned once a week and when it's your "kehrwoche", it's your apartment's turn to clean the stairwell that week. :D
Germany has nearly 100 islands lmao. The museum island is a river-island tho, which technically doesn't really count
Be comforted: Those questions were really random. However, had you read the information included with the answers, you could have learned some new things - like you did with the tenth question.
In your defense: I'd say, some of these questions are even for a German quite difficult. Would not have known at which point in time Stuttgart had been capital of a German nation. Also, I think, lots of other questions need a very solid level of German language skill to be able to deduce.
Dude!! You should have read the explanations after giving your answer!
Leider geil translates to unfortunately awesome. So that kinda gives it away as being a guilty pleasure. It's also a title of a well known song that lists guily pleasures ... quite funny one.
As a German I have to admit, I wouldn't have answered all of those questions correctly as well. "Oddly specific" was a quite accurate term for the whole quiz.
we do the same in France for the Bridge day... we call this day off a bridge ("un pont" in french)
For the Brückentag, if it occures, that a public holiday is on a thursday or a tuesday, we take the friday or monday from our annual holidays to create a longer weekend reaching from thursday/ saturday to monday/ wednesday and we call that friday/ monday a Brückentag because we bridge from thursday to saturday or saturday to wednesday. Either way, we extend out weekend.
Brückentage are the shit. When weekends and public holidays match up perfectly you can get like 1 week of vacation with only 1 day off. Kinda mastered the balance of turning overtime hours into free days and being 'sick" when I really need the day off to deal with other stuff that I don't know about in advance XD
For me , a German its so Funny to see your Videos. Never give up.
I love how just clicking randomly might have likely lead to a better result...
I really want more of these painful videos!